I'd rather sellotape my eyeballs to the sun than watch that yawning, plodding, self-congratulating pap-fest that is Lost In Translation. Oh look, all the japanese guys are short and the american is bored of trying to understand them!! HAHAHAH!!! Oh look, a girls bum!! HAHA Oh look, MBV!! Wow, SOFIA ISS OSSSOO DEEEPPP AND POIGNATTNt

the depiction of the Japanese was a bit "haha, they're weird!" at the start, which I guess might be the first impression on bored visitors - but then as they went through the story, and started actually exploring Tokyo, they found some proper Japanese friends, and got past that.

Then watch La Fille Sur Le Pont. Vanessa Paradis is suicidal and jumps off bridge. Daniel Auteil saves her and convinces her to be his glamourous assistant. He's a knife thrower. She's got nothing to lose. They have a relationship, but don't. It's all in black and white. The soundtrack isn't as good but it's a much better film.

I don't care that nothing happens. I don't want anything to happen. I just like watching the way Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson interact, and the incredible sense of loneliness which is conveyed through the cinematography and direction. That said, I got bored watching it a second time. But the first time was cool.